Toro Y Moi plays Toronto, says Les Sins is his Sasha Fierce
Posted by Anupa in Interviews, Music on 06. Apr, 2011 | 1 Comment
Do chill people beget chill music? I talked to Chaz Bundick (Toro Y Moi) about his latest album Underneath The Pine and was pleased to note just how, like, normal he is. Normal as in utterly unfazed by me asking him possibly intrusive questions at 10 a.m. and totally conscious of the hype cycle (he [...]
Danger Mouse goes to the spaghetti West
Posted by jessekg in Music on 31. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
It really shouldn’t be possible for Brian Joseph Burton, better known as super-producer Danger Mouse, to surprise us anymore. After announcing his arrival with the much-lauded Jay-Z Black Album/Beatles White Album mash up, the Grey Album, being one half of Gnarls Barkley (who pretty much cross over into almost all musical genres), his work with the [...]
Starstruck at CBC’s Hip-Hop Summit
Posted by Anupa in Canada, media, Music, Toronto on 30. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
Confession: the idea of a hip-hop show happening at the CBC’s storied Glenn Gould Studio theatre was both mind-blowing and unbelievable, shaded with a tinge of cynicism. The last time I saw a show at Glenn Gould, Chilly Gonzales was finger-smashing his piano to bits on stage, but the audience was seated neatly, row-on-row, in [...]
Reunions: the new hip-hop movement?
Posted by Anupa in Film, media, Music, Rappers, Toronto on 29. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
The above flick has been making the rounds in Toronto hip-hop circles recently; a shot corralled on Feb. 12, 2011 of some of Toronto’s biggest heads who came together to celebrate an iconic time slot in local rap radio. The same folks, and a bunch more, are featured in Celine Wong‘s just-uploaded short film, 1 [...]
Open Letter: Toronto Hip-Hop v. the Toronto Media (by Addi “Mindbnder” Stewart)
Posted by Anupa in Music, Toronto on 21. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Addi “Mindbender” Stewart, a local hip-hop activist of sorts — Drake once shouted him out in an interview as the biggest hip-hop head in Toronto — just penned this letter to NOW Magazine with respect to its (poor) hip-hop coverage, and I’ve got to agree. A regular debate I have with friends, hip-hop coverage/support in [...]
